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"If a dovish prime minister had done it, he would have been eviscerated by the right. It’s precisely..."

Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:21:53 -0500

“If a dovish prime minister had done it, he would have been eviscerated by the right. It’s precisely because Abe is a conservative that he could pull this off.”

- Masatoshi Honda

Had the decision gone the other way, Salyer said, instead of a...

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:00:07 -0400

Had the decision gone the other way, Salyer said, instead of a nation of immigrants, America would have become “colonies of foreigners.”

"…immigrant food is often treated like discount tourism — a cheap means for foodies to feel..."

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:15:36 -0400

“…immigrant food is often treated like discount tourism — a cheap means for foodies to feel worldly without leaving the comfort of their neighborhood — or high-minded fusion — a stylish way for American chefs to use other cultures’ cuisines to reap profit.”

- Ruth Tam

"…officials of both the U.S. Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information..."

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:00:20 -0400

“…officials of both the U.S. Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information ultimately concluded that though the facts of the Holocaust appeared to be confirmed, they were so likely to be thought exaggerated that the agencies would lose credibility by disseminating them.”

- Peter Novick

"安らかに眠って下さい過ちは繰返しませぬから"

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:22:01 -0400

“安らかに眠って下さい過ちは繰返しませぬから”

- Inscribed on a cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Hiroshima

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:58:20 -0400

Hiroshima

From Upspeak To Vocal Fry: Are We 'Policing' Young Women's Voices?

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:00:07 -0400

From Upspeak To Vocal Fry: Are We 'Policing' Young Women's Voices?:

Hello. You’ve written in to voice your dislike of one of our female reporter’s voices. You’re not alone. We have a filter set up that automatically sends these types of emails into a folder labeled zero priority. We’ll review this folder and consider the complaints within, well, never. Amazingly, we don’t even have a folder for our complaints about the male voices on our show because we’ve never gotten one. Isn’t that strange? We think so. Anyway, hope you can continue to enjoy our free podcast somehow. And if you can’t, there are plenty of shows that don’t feature women’s voices at all.

You don’t need a search engine to find websites in North...

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:00:21 -0400

You don’t need a search engine to find websites in North Korea, apparently—because all of them fit on a poster.

The stylized facts about South Korea are changing

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:14:13 -0400

The stylized facts about South Korea are changing

"Sesame Street, as everyone knows, was set in the inner city and there was a particular reason for..."

Sun, 05 Jul 2015 12:00:23 -0400

“Sesame Street, as everyone knows, was set in the inner city and there was a particular reason for that. Our first target audience were the children in the inner city that were underserved. And we thought that if they learned their basic cognitive skills, they could start kindergarten on an even level with their middle-class peers.”

- Sonia Manzano

"He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and..."

Sat, 04 Jul 2015 10:00:03 -0400

“He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation hither…”

- Thomas Jefferson

"Kentucky’s legislature voted not to secede, and early in the war, Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney..."

Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:00:23 -0400

“Kentucky’s legislature voted not to secede, and early in the war, Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston ventured through the western part of the state and found ‘no enthusiasm as we imagined and hoped but hostility … in Kentucky.’ Eventually, 90,000 Kentuckians would fight for the United States, while 35,000 fought for the Confederate States. Nevertheless, according to historian Thomas Clark, the state now has 72 Confederate monuments and only two Union ones.”

- James W. Loewen

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Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:00:12 -0400

That Time North Korean State Media Picked Up An NPR Investigation, Shared It

Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:59:56 -0400

That Time North Korean State Media Picked Up An NPR Investigation, Shared It

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Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:31:34 -0400

"Virginia, do you know there’s a dead guy on your flag? ‘Yeah,’ Virginia says, shrugging..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:00:29 -0400

“Virginia, do you know there’s a dead guy on your flag? ‘Yeah,’ Virginia says, shrugging nonchalantly. 'That’s what we do to tyrants here. Kill them, and then we pose for pictures on their corpses.’”

- Alexandra Petri

"What I hear from people who bleat on about ‘The real issue is mental illness,’ when..."

Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:27:05 -0400

“What I hear from people who bleat on about ‘The real issue is mental illness,’ when pressed for specific suggestions on how to deal with said 'real issue,’ is terrifying nonsense designed to throw the mentally ill under the bus.”

- Arthur Chu

The Fear Factor

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:57:30 -0400

The Fear Factor

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Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:00:24 -0400

The Fallen of World War II (18-minute video) from Neil...

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:00:25 -0400

The Fallen of World War II (18-minute video) from Neil Halloran .

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"If a dovish prime minister had done it, he would have been eviscerated by the right. It’s precisely..."

Had the decision gone the other way, Salyer said, instead of a...

"…immigrant food is often treated like discount tourism — a cheap means for foodies to feel..."

"…officials of both the U.S. Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information..."

"安らかに眠って下さい 過ちは 繰返しませぬから"

Hiroshima

From Upspeak To Vocal Fry: Are We 'Policing' Young Women's Voices?

You don’t need a search engine to find websites in North...

The stylized facts about South Korea are changing

"Sesame Street, as everyone knows, was set in the inner city and there was a particular reason for..."

"He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and..."

"Kentucky’s legislature voted not to secede, and early in the war, Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney..."

Video

That Time North Korean State Media Picked Up An NPR Investigation, Shared It

Video

"Virginia, do you know there’s a dead guy on your flag? ‘Yeah,’ Virginia says, shrugging..."

"What I hear from people who bleat on about ‘The real issue is mental illness,’ when..."

The Fear Factor

Photo

The Fallen of World War II (18-minute video) from Neil...

"安らかに眠って下さい過ちは繰返しませぬから"